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Showcase exposes home-grown music

Published: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 5:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 9:43 a.m.

Never mind that the DeLand band Futuristic Diner may be playing "Over the Rainbow" at the HomeGrownRoots 2013 Band Showcase on Saturday. If Dorothy and Toto venture by, they'll know they're not in Kansas anymore.

Futuristic Diner's "Over the Rainbow" is an original slab of trippy, spacey funk rock that splices DNA from George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic into genes from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Futuristic Diner, Halo Violation, Ricky Juice and the Juicers, I-Resolution and nine other local and regional bands and music artists will be part of the eighth annual showcase. The event is presented by HomeGrownRoots and the Daytona Music Society, two closely affiliated musician coalitions dedicated to sustaining a local original music scene.

The HomeGrownRoots 2013 Band Showcase will be from 8 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. Saturday at two adjacent venues: the Bank & Blues Club, 701 Main St., and the Full Moon Saloon, 700 Main St., Daytona Beach.

Admission for both venues is $7. It's a show for ages 21 and older only. For more information, call 386-681-7348.

The lineup at the Bank includes Good Morning Love (who call their music "experimental acoustic/ambient/indie/post-rock"), Alix Sun la Ranchera (a Sarasota artist who calls her music "Americana dream folk banjo electronica space freak"), Euphrates (Americana/folk/roots rock), Out of the Blue (blues/pop/rock) and I-Resolution (reggae/dancehall/hip-hop).

The lineup at the Full Moon Saloon includes Mic the Prophet (a DeLand multi-instrumentalist who says his music is "songs about life, death, truth and people"), Another Close Call (pop-punk/alternative), Futuristic Diner ("psychedelic electro funk rock"), Ricky Juice and the Juicers ("alternative/indie/dirty western/country"), Brotherhood Through Denial (progressive/alternative metal), the Blue Beat ("funkadelic reggae/punk/hip-hop") and Halo Violation (indie/alternative rock).

— Rick de Yampert, Entertainment Writer

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